Andrew DeFilippis

I recently purchased the Hoya 58mm UV S-HMC Haze Filter from B&H Photo Video.  This UV filter is attached to my Canon 50mm f/1.4 prime lens.  One of the first problems I noticed with the filter was the very noticeable flare showing up as a greenish color when pointed towards the sun.  This was expected considering even without the filter, the lens would pick up a ton of flare.

One moment while shooting with the filter on, a flare caught me by surprise.  My flash was reflecting off of the prescription glasses my mom wears.  Two bright green flares coming right out from them.  This bothers me, especially since it is marketed as being a “low flare” model, the S-HMC.  The fact is, placing a flat piece of glass in front of your lens will create it’s own flare, but as protection from drops and moisture, there shouldn’t be a green flare showing up in your pictures.

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After doing further test shots with the filter, the “flare” that I saw off my mother’s glasses was not flare so much as it was just glare from the flash. The glasses that she wears combined with the filter caused the flash reflection to become green.

I know the UV filter has its uses, foggy days, shooting pictures at the beach, but when you start getting bright green flares in your pictures, it gets irritating fast. Although the possibility of having lens flare in your images, the filter does a great job at protecting the lens and creating a little better contrast in my images.

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A little bird has been living in one of the bird holes above the front door of my house.  Unfortunately for the bird, the holes are in the process of being covered with new vents that outside of the holes.  There are more holes being drilled into spots that previously had none and everything is being covered for consistency.  It was pretty cool to come home and see it every night.

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If you are using Internet Explorer, you are possibly having issues with viewing my webpage. The sidebar might be pushed to the bottom of the page causing an issue. I am sorting this out at the moment.

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As far as I know, the problem is solved. If you are still using the outdated Internet Explorer v6, let me know if the site is shifted in some way.

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These photographs are some of my favorites.  These were all taken with the Canon 50mm f/1.4 prime lens and a Canon XSI.  The “nifty fifty” 50mm f/1.4 is an awesome lens for portrait style pictures and I am always amazed by how sharp my photos are including the quality of bokeh.

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I have updated parts of my blog to include small advertisements as you probably see on the right.  If you do not see anything, you are probably running some form of ad blocking add-on or software.  On top of that, I have added a Google powered search at the top right of my blog that will (when Google crawls it) show page results for my website and also allow you to search all of Google for what you are looking for.

Next to the search box is a Paypal donation link for my web hosting and camera equipment fund.  I do not expect anything from anyone who reads my blog.  But if you do feel generous enough to pass along spare change, I would be very thankful for your contribution and would like to promote your website, blog, flickr photostream, or reference your name.  As a college student with a part time job, every little bit helps.

My links on the right include some of my favorite sites to visit, including one blog by Carlos Miller called Photography Is Not A Crime.  Carlos updates his blog with stories about photographers rights being violated and is currently in a lengthy legal battle to have charges dropped for photographing police.  His stories are interesting and excellent.

Feel free to check through my links and see what you like.  Feel free to leave feedback about my website including my photography site.  If you have thoughts or ideas about what I should add, change or remove, let me know.

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